President Wilson Objects to Wheat Price Raise in Veto Message
President Wilson vetoed the agricultural appropriation bill that would raise No. 2 hard red spring wheat to 2.40 a bushel and boost flour costs. He argues price rigidity harms producers and consumers, noting the act inflates bread prices and could cost hundreds of millions, while praising flexible regulation and broad farmer production.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Wilson warns of price rise from wheat policy impact
The excerpt cites Woodrow Wilson arguing that U S wheat policy would raise Canadian wheat prices and widen government purchases, increasing living costs and wages globally. He contends Congress did not intend such economic difficulties.
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United States
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
Chicago Draft Canvass Seizes Thousands of Men
An unofficial canvass of Chicago police stations and detention rooms found about 10 000 draft age men questioned for noncompliance. Roughly 200 sent to draft boards, 400 detained in federal building rooms, while Major Tolman calls the effort a success in showing low draft avoidance. The drive is backed by 4 000 Secret Service men and soldiers.
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Chicago
Federal Building
Edgard B. Tolman
Chicnago
Secret Service
Police
Turkish Capital Bombed From Sky
Allied air forces and the British navy dropped a half ton of bombs on Constantinople on July 7, as announced by the admiralty. The Rhine campaign seeks to curb bombardment of towns behind fronts. German and Lausanne newspapers note repeated bombardments by both sides and mock the German claim of suffering.
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London
Constantinople
Admiralty
Geneva
Rhine
Landtag
Duchy of
Baden
Grand Duchy
Narun
Lausanne Gasette
Paris
Reitman Release After Partial Fine Payment
Dr Ben Neitman of Chicago jailed six months for circulating birth control literature was to be released at Warrensville workhouse. Superintendent Burns said $700 of the $1000 fine had been paid by Chicago friends and two months off the sentence for good behavior. Reitman will return to Chicago immediately.
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Moreland
Ohio
Ben Neitman
Chicago
Warrensville
Burns
Reitman
Front extends Adriatic to Saloniki with Balkan fronts
British monitors and Italian destroyers cooperate with Italian and Greek forces to push into Albania as Serbians and Montenegrins in the interior seek to rejoin the struggle. Paris reports Albania advances with 400+ prisoners and continued Allied offensives along a 60 mile front from Devoli to Tomorica.
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Saloniki
Albania
Korltsa
Austria
Washington
Rome
Berat
Aris
Paris
Devoli
Kayany
Devoll
Tomorica
Verucina
Ground Being Cleared Up in Albania Coercions Report
Nome dispatch reports the Albanian front shows advances as troops clear the ground from Austrian positions. The official tally notes three cannons eight mountain guns four trench guns and two trench mortars seized in the operations.
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Nome
Albania
Agreement on Three Day Recess Delays Prohibition Vote
Seven day lenders tentatively agree to postpone prohibition legislation until August 20 and to vote on the administration wire control resolution today. A three day recess is agreed with senate business suspended until August 19. President Wilson pledges no censorship of news dispatches and continuity of free newspaper wires despite fears of government control. Senators Reed and Watson plan to pursue amendments exempting newspaper wires from government control.
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Washington
Setenite
Cnntrel
Senate
Wilson
Congressional
Presse
Burleson
Reed
Watson
German Bond Holders in U S Analyzed for Propaganda Fight
Secret service men compile a list of German government bond holders in the United States as part of wartime propaganda countermeasures. Officials discussed revealing the Busch family holdings from St Louis, with nearly 20 000 names on a broad securities list issued in small denominations down to 50 dollars.
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Washington
United States
Busch Family
St. Louis
Alfred L. Secker
New York
Casualties in American Expeditionary Forces
Washington July 13. The war department announced fifty two AEF casualties. Nine killed in action. Seven died of wounds. Seven from disease. Two from airplane accidents. Four from accidents and other causes. Fifteen severely wounded. One slightly wounded. Two wounded with degree to be determined. Five missing in action.
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Washington
War Department
French Win Big Victory in Picardy Front
Paris reports French forces struck a heavy blow on the Picardy front capturing Castel village and nearby German strongholds. Prisoners exceed 500 as French advance along Avre river west of Moreuil and north of Montdidier aiding American flank. British raiding in Ypres area yields prisoners.
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Picardy
Paris
Caste and
Mailly Revieval
Castel
Anehin
Avre
Moreuil
Montdidier
Cantigny
British and Allied Forces Harass German Lines Across Front
British and Allied troops press offensives from Ypres to Reims amid repeated raids on German trenches. Morris the British take 120 prisoners, Australians report 70 prisoners in one raid, French patrols push near Busnires south of Corey, and Americans rout a German patrol on the Marne as weather stays rainy.
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Wlanders
Merris
Meteren
War Office
Kemmel
Hamel
Somme
Gavrelle
Arras
Germany
Ypres
Reims
Flanders and
Picardy
Aisne
Marne
Buscnires
Corey
Marne Front
Exchange 500000 Captives Repatriated Through Switzerland
Berne reports more than 500000 invalid and sick prisoners of war of various nationalities have been exchanged and repatriated via Switzerland since the war began. About 50000 officers and soldiers have been interned at Swiss health resorts recently. Since 1914, the Swiss postal service has sent over 100000000 letters and 10000000 money orders totaling more than 27500000 dollars between belligerents.
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Berne
Switzerland
Kuehlmann to Take Long Swiss Vacation After Turbulent Years
Former German foreign minister Dr Richard Kuehlmann will travel to Switzerland soon for an extended break. Berlin dispatches quote him seeking fresh air and noting he is sick of it all. Admiral Adrian Ricauier, former French Navy chief and minister of marine, dies at eighty in Albi, Paris dispatch reports.
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Amsterdam
Richard Kuehlmann
Berlin
Paris
Adrian Ricunier
Albi
Mutiny in Turkish Aidin mutineers kill German officers
An uncensored private letter dated June 15 from Smyrna reports a regiment in Aidin vilayet mutinied and killed German officers ordered to Mesopotamia. Tuluat Pasha granted amnesty and isolation of mutineers, while food restrictions sparked price rises. A separate report from Lebaero notes Austrian troops mutiny in Kragujevarz, Serbia, as food shortages provoked clashes and deaths before suppression.
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Smyrna
Aidin
Mesopotamia
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Corfu
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Serbian Preas Bureau
Kragujevarz
Orphan Has Many Mothers in France War Aid
July dispatch notes American nursing girls in France adopting a war orphan, a five year old boy, forming a yearly Mae Frances education fund. The group, all fluent in French, leads a notable motherly effort amid wartime relief. Belgian king and queen return to France by air after visiting England.
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France
Mae Frances
Paris
Belgium
England
Kaiser and Wilhelm Clash Sparks A Quarrel
A report notes Kaiser and Wilhelm clashed leading to a quarrel that escalated into a heated argument between the two figures. No further details are provided about the incident or its consequences.
French Still Busy Make Substantial Gains In France
The Paris report notes French forces pushing between Montdidier and the Oise while British units raid near Vieux Berquin and take prisoners. In Albania the advance continues with minimal rear guard resistance and the enemy abandoning large quantities of war material.
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Spectal
Evening Journal
Paris
Mont Dilier
Otse River
Vieux Berquin
Rome
Albania
Dernburg Denounces Moral Conquests in Prussian Debate
In the Prussian upper house debate, Dr Bernhard Dernburg argues that peace requires diplomacy as well as battlefield victory. He questions Prussia's moral gains while rival Junker Oldenburg-Janulchau ridicules his view and defends the Hohenzollern lineage amid sharp exchanges.
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Amsterdam
Bernhard Dernburg
Prussia
Doetor Dernburg
Junker
Oldenburg-Janulchau
Hoehenzollern
Dernburg
Gerard
American Aviators Missing After Bombing Expedition
General Pershing's July 11 communique, released by the War Department, confirms that five American aviators were captured after a bombing expedition last night. The message notes enemy raids in the Vosges failed and other areas remained quiet.
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Washington
Pershing
War Department
Vosges
Progress at Flag Island ship yards rises in Philadelphia
Philadelphia July 18 rapid progress is being made toward the completion of the Flag Island ship yards according to Francia T Bowles director of operations who announced that 34 keels had been laid and that the number of workers at the yards had reached 28000 This, Mr Bowles said, is but 1500 short of the number of employees that will be required to operate the yard at full capacity As the ways are expected to be completed early in August.
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Flag Island
Francia T. Bowles
Bowles
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